trimming

[Rev]

Originally posted by Larryjk
Rev, If the tightness of the collet affects your trim length, you have some type of an equipment problem. The collet on the case head should give you the same grip no matter how hard you tighten the collet. Make sure yur collet does not have a buildup of any kind in the base of the collet where that size casehead is bottoming out. Check it out. The problem you are explaining should not exist if you are going to get repeatable lengths.

The way my trimmer works is to pull the collet into a cone to tighten the collet around the case head thereby securing it so that the cutter can trim the case. If one case differs in head size even by the slightest amount, then the collet is pulled more or maybe less into that cone thereby producing a different case position and therefore affecting trim length. I hope I'm explaining this correctly but I don't see how I can change that phenomena without going to a different method (don't want to buy a new trimmer) of securing the case in the trimmer for that cutter to act on. Hope what I am saying makes sense.

Rev